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CURN SHREDDER.

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NrTnD STATES FREDERICK HAGEN, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

PATENT Clarion.

CORN-SHRDBRH SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,676,dated November 8, 1898.

Application inea January 6,1898. sesamo. 885,838. (Nomadi-.1.)

T0 all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HAGEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Belvidere, in the county of Boone and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Shredders,ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the production of a corn-shredderwhereinthe danger of catching the hands of the operator in the mechanismis practically abolished. This result I have accomplished by attachingto the corn-shredder in common use a feeding device by means of whichthe cornstalks are fed evenly to the snapping-rolls, more evenly thansuch feeding could be done by hand, and whereby the operator is keptback from the dangerous mechanism.

In the corn-Shredders in common use continuous uniformity as to quantityin feeding is practically impossible and uneven feeding clogs themechanism and invites the intervention of the operators hand to remedythe difficulty. I have guarded the basking-rolls of the shredder byplacing the returning (under) portion of the endless feeding-carrierjust above these rolls, so that there can be no clogging at thesepoints, the weight of the carrier pressing the ears of corn intoengagement with the husking-pegs on these rolls.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of thatportion of a cornshredder to which my invention appertains, showing theapplication of my improvements thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe feeding-roller and its means of connection with the shredder. Fig. 3is a plan view of the supports.

A is the supporting-frame.

B is the shredder-cylinder, B its supporting-shaft, and B2 thedriving-pulley thereon.

C. are the snapping-rolls for snapping the unhusked ear from the stalksas the latter are passed between the rolls. Motion is imparted to theserolls from the driving-shaft B by means of the intermediate gearing C.

D represents the husking-rolls, with the husking-pegs D thereon, drivenby the train of gearing D2 from the shaft B.

E is an endless carrier mounted on the supporting-wheels E and driven bythe endlesschain-belt connection E2 with one of the gears of the trainD2.

E3 are stationary side boards for the carrier E.

E4 are movable upper side boards.

All of the mechanism hereinbefore pointed out by letters of reference iscommon to many Shredders, and I do not claim it broadly as my invention.

F is the feeding-roller of my invention. It is largest in the middle,tapering slightly toward each end in order to spread the cornstalksevenly upon the carrier as they pass under the roller. The roller F isnot positively driven, but merely rotates with the passing stalks. It ismounted in bearings in the rigid framework F upon the gudgeons F2 ateither end of the roller, the under side of the framework F beingcovered with the sheet-iron piece F3. lThis framework F is pivoted inthe upper side boards E3 upon the pintle F4 near the end opposite thefeedingroller, leaving the latter free to rise and fall to accommodateitself to the varying amount of the feed.

F5 is a stop-block limiting the downward movement of the feeding-rollerF. This block acts merely as a rest for the pivoted framework F' whenthe latter is at its lowest point.

F6 are arms pivoted near the lower edge of the stationary side boards E2of the carrier E and at their upper ends to the movable upper boards.There are two of these arms on each side of the side boards, and theypermit the bodily rearward movement of the frame; work F', carrying withit the feeding-roller F. Thus the framework F may occupy either one oftwo positions-to wit, the position shown by the full lines in Fig. l orthe position indicated by the dotted lines in the same figure. thelatter is the position it may be caused to assume when access to thesnapping-rolls C is desirable.

In operation the cornstalks are scattered as evenly as possible upon thecarrier E after motion has been imparted' to the shredding mechanism andare carried thereby under The first is its operative position and` IOSthe feeding-roller F, which bears upon the stalks and tends by reason ofits crowning form to throw the stalks from the middle of the carrierE,Where they usually lie thickest, to the sides of the carrier. Theposition of this roller just forward of the snapping-rolls prevents theoperator from placing his hands in proximity thereto, and by feeding thestalks c evenly to those rolls prevents clogging at this point.

The carrier E is located just above the bushing-rolls D to prevent thepiling up of ears of corn thereon, to hold the ears against the rolls,and to prevent the placing of the hand of the operator in contacttherewith.

l mounted over the carrier by a pair of pivotal links loosely pivoted tothe upper and the `lower side boards respectively, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

FREDERICK HAGEN.

Witnesses:

L. L. MILLER, NELLIE BUNKER.

